Bruny Island - Neck Bay Wind Stats

The figure describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different directions through a typical November. The longest spokes point in the directions the wind most commonly blows from and the shade of blue suggests the strength, with the strongest winds shown by the darkest shade of blue. It is based on 2867 NWW3 forecasts of wind since since 2006, at 3hr intervals, for the closest NWW3 model node to Bruny Island - Neck Bay, located 28 km away (17 miles). There are insufficient recording stations world wide to use actual wind data. Invevitably some coastal places have very localized wind effects that would not be predicted by NWW3. According to the model, the prevailing wind at Bruny Island - Neck Bay blows from the SSW. If the rose diagram shows a close to circular outline, it means there is no strong bias in wind direction at Bruny Island - Neck Bay. On the other hand, dominant spokes show favoured directions, and the more dark blue, the stronger the wind. Spokes point in the direction the wind blows from. Over an average November, the model suggests that winds are light enough for the sea to be glassy (the lightest shade of blue) about 9% of the time (3 days each November) and blows offshore 35% of the time (10 days in an average November). In a typical November winds stronger than >40kph (25mph) are expected on 5 days at Bruny Island - Neck Bay

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